(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Kuril Islands ... miles), GFZ said. The islands have been characterised by a territorial dispute between Russia and Japan, which dates back ...

The Kuril chain is controlled by Russia, although Japan claims some of the southernmost islands. "Although scientists have known for a long time that a major eruption occurred in 1831, there was ...

Zavaritskii volcano in the Kuril Islands was responsible for the mysterious 1831 volcanic eruption that cooled the climate ...

It's on the remote and uninhabited island of Simushir, which is part of the long chain of Kuril Islands off the coast of Russia and Japan. Scientists say that during the Cold War, the Soviets were ...

That left the Kuril Islands between Japan and Russia. Though currently under Russian control, their ownership has long been disputed. Hutchinson compared the ash deposits in the ice cores to ash ...

Russian officials have denied claims that the closure of Japan Center offices in Russia is imminent following Moscow’s decision to end bilateral memo ...

The team discovered it was the Zavaritskii volcano on the remote, uninhabited island of Simushir, which is part of the Kuril Islands – a disputed territory between Russia and Japan. They also ...

which is part of the disputed Kuril Islands between Russia and Japan. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union used a flooded volcanic crater on Simushir as a secret nuclear submarine base ...

The Kuril Islands are a volcanic archipelago where earthquakes and tidal waves are common. The islands are currently disputed territory between Russia and Japan.